Dizzy Gillespie - The Champ (1956) CD Rip

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Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Title: The Champ
Year Of Release: 1992
Label: Savoy Jazz[SV-0170]
Genre: Jazz, Bop
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 36:28
Total Size: 242 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. The Champ
02. Birk's Works
03. Caravan
04. Time on My Hands
05. On the Sunny Side of the Street
06. Tin Tin Deo
07. Stardust
08. They Can't Take That Away from Me
09. Bluest Blues
10. Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
11. Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee

Dizzy Gillespie - The Champ (1956) CD Rip

personnel :

Alto Saxophone – Bill Graham, John Coltrane
Baritone Saxophone – Bill Graham
Bass – Bernie Griggs, Percy Heath
Drums – Al Jones, Art Blakey, Kansas Fields
Guitar – Kenny Burrell
Organ – Milt Jackson
Piano – Milt Jackson, Wynton Kelly
Tenor Saxophone – Budd Johnson, John Coltrane
Trombone – J.J. Johnson
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson
Violin – Stuff Smith
Vocals – Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Carroll, Melvin Moore, Milt Jackson

An early LP on Savoy that gathers Dizzy Gillespie's small-group recordings from 1951-52, The Champ has a lot to recommend it -- songs, sidemen, and performances. With just one exception, each of the selections are drawn from quintet or sextet dates, boasting work by Art Blakey, Milt Jackson, J.J. Johnson, Percy Heath, and Stuff Smith in addition to an early appearance from John Coltrane (he made his debut with Diz, though not here). On the title track, a six-minute jam released as a two-part single, Gillespie plays furiously and tenor Budd Johnson contributes a great squawking solo. "Birk's Works," one of Dizzy's finest compositions, gets its first commercial recording, while Stuff Smith's violin solo gives "Caravan" exactly the exotic touch it needs to lift it above competing versions. Diz and Joe Carroll trade vocals on "On the Sunny Side of the Street," and bop culture meets gospel for "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac."~John Bush

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